Product Rally

The Rally blog

What the club finds, written up. Shortlists with honest pros and cons, guides on running a launch, and one product next to another when that is the real question. Nothing here is paid for.

Guide3 min read

What a launch page needs before the day, and what it does not

The eight things a launch page has to carry, in the order a visitor meets them. Everything else is what you do after the first hundred visitors.

Compare2 min read

Figma vs Framer for a landing page: which one fits your week

Two tools, one job, and a decision that comes down to whether you need a file or a live URL by Friday. No scores, no winner declared.

Roundup2 min read

AI tools that earn a second week, picked off the board

Most AI tools get opened once. These eight are the ones members came back to, sorted by the job they actually finish.

Roundup1 min read

Design tools for a solo founder, and when each one stops being right

Eight tools off the board for the person who is designer, developer and marketer this week. Picked by what they output, not by what they look like.

Guide3 min read

Free icon sets: what the licence actually lets you do

MIT, CC BY, SIL and the ones with a catch. How to read an icon licence in two minutes, and what happens when you get it wrong.

Guide3 min read

How to launch a product when nobody knows you yet

A first launch with no audience is a room problem, not a reach problem. What to do in the four weeks before the day, and on it.